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J. B. GATHRIGHT. HARNBss.

No. 300,858. Patented June 17, 1884.

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J. B. GATHRIGHT.

HARNESS.

No. 300358. Patented June 17,1884.

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JOSIAH GATHR-IGHT, OF LOUISYILLE, KEXTUCKY.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,358, dated June 17, 1884.

Application filed December 24, 1883. (X0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

%c it known that I, J osrnii B. GATHRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates particularly to the hametugs and cheek-pieees of harness. It is well known that these,wheu constructed with box-loops, as they almost invariably are, re quire more skill and more machinery for making them nicely than any other part of the harness; and my invention has for its object to provide these parts of the harness with all the difficult and nice parts of the work done, and so constructed that the harnessanaker may attach his trimmings and complete them with little skill or trouble.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 show partially-finished hametugs constructed according to my invention. Fig. 3 shows the patentlcather end pieces to be used with tugs in Fig. 1. Figs. i and 5 show the invention applied to a cheek-piece.

Heretoi'ore in making hame-tugs, whether of the hind shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2, it has been the universal practice, when stitching in the boxloops, to stitch through both the bottom layer, B, and top layer, B", of the folded buckle-strap B. lVhether the bottom layer, B, was within the loop, as in Fig. 1, or beneath the loop,as in Fig. 2, the top layer, B",itlways passed through the loop and was stitched down in stitching in the loop. This practice made it necessary to put in the buckle before stitching in and dicing up the loop. The some practice has prevailed in making cheek; pieces for bridles, the end 0 of the bucklestrap (see Fig. i) being invariably looped about the buckle at point L17, put back through the loop, and stitched down with it. It is evident that hame-tugs and bridle-cheeks thus constructed were not adapted for sale as separate parts to liaii-nessanakcrs, as they could only be used with thestyle of mountings corresponding to the buckles put in them. To obviate these difficulties I stitch in only the lowerlayer of the buchlestrap when stitching in the loop, and when this lower layer forms the bottom or outside layer of the tug or check, as B, Fig. 2, and 0, Fig. 4., an additional strap is used to stitch down inside the loop, as shown by strap T T, Fig. 4, thus leaving the upper layer or end of the buckle-strap free, so that the trimmings can be put on at any time after ward, and then this part of the strap stitched down and secured. The better class of hametugs, however, have as a bottom layer a basepiecc, A A, which forms a safe for the tug, as seen in Fig. 1. In this style I stitch the loop between this layer A Aand the lower layer or end, B, of the buchlestrap, as seen in Fig. 1, leaving the upper layer or end, 18, free, as in the other style mentioned above. The free end of the buckle-strap is now turned back through the loop and laid in its proper place, but not secured, and the loop is pressed in the usual way. All may now be finished up and dressed, and are ready for market. \Vhen the harness-maker gets them, he is enabled to put his trimmings on, by rea son of the free end of the strap, and he then stitches this down and secures it. He does not, of course, attempt to stitch down that part of this strap which lies within theloop, as it is wholly unnecessary and would be very diiiicult without damage to the loop. By the manufactured and sold in the incomplete form above described to the small harness-makers through the country, who are not supplied with suitable machinery for making these nice parts, and the construction described enables them to attach any desired trimmings without difficulty and with little skill. Any harnessmaker will understand how to finish them.

In trimming the style shown in Fig. 1, the clip is riveted to end B, the rivets passing through A, and a i'ancyend piece, like B, Fig. 3, is placed over all and stitched down to A. In Fig. 2 the clip is to be riveted to the fancy piece \V, which is then stitched in between B and B. In the cheek, Fig. 4, the upper buckle is put on, the strap turned back through the loop, and a few stitches or a rivet put just behind the buckle, to hold the strap above method these parts of a harness may be down at that point. The end 0 of the strap is then secured by being utilized to stitch in the billet-buckle in the usual way, as shown in Fig. 5.

The extra strap T, Fi g. 4, is not essential in all cases to the proper working of my invention, even when the lower layer of the bucklestrap forms the bottom layer of the tug or check.

It is obvious that the loop may be stitched down to the lower layer of the buckle-strap without any superposed layer, like T, also that the check or tug will be stronger and more durable with this extra strap, but neater and lighter without it, and that it should or should not be used, according to the style of work.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In the construction of haine-tugs and cheek-pieces for harness, to adapt these parts for sale without trimmings, the combination of a folded or doubled buckle-strap and a boxloop secured to one layer only of the bucklestrap, as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. In the construction of haine-tugs and cheek-pieces for harness, adapted for sale without trimmings, the combination of a folded or doubled buckle-strap, a box-loop secured to JOSIAH B. GATHRIGHT.

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JOHN J. HARRISON, Tnos. A. PRICE. 

